Reading the New Living Translation version of the Bible. I really enjoy reading the simple words. Somehow the heartfeltness of the words can be felt so much more keenly. The warmth, tenderness and affection especially in the letters of Paul.

It's a joy to read multiple translations of the Bible. 'Cos they stand like many witnesses to the truth - each of them conveying their own understanding and flavour of the same story. But the same story, the same truth nevertheless. And I think reading the Bible is all the richer and sweeter for all these different translations.

And pondering. I realised that if we Christians are walking Bibles... then the full-bodied aroma, the richness of the flavour, the brew of God's goodness, the sharpness of transformed minds... all are brought about by the many different people in the Church. The universal Church. Many local churches, but one catholic (as in universal, not the denomination) Church.

Sounds like a cup of coffee? Many beans, one brew. He brews a good cuppa! =)